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San Francisco Giants Install Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Vision™ Scoreboard at AT&T Park

High-definition display is MLB’s first with 32 to 9 aspect ratio

WARRENDALE, Pa., – March 27, 2007 – The San Francisco Giants unveiled their new Mitsubishi Electric high-definition Diamond Vision™ scoreboard today at AT&T Park. The new scoreboard, which is 103 feet wide by 31.5 feet high, is the first dedicated Major League Baseball park to feature a 32 to 9 aspect ratio, and can display graphics, replays and player information in a numerous configurations, including two side-by-side 16:9 high-definition images. The board will also feature a four-foot high strip below the main board to accommodate text or graphics.

“We are proud that the San Francisco Giants selected Diamond Vision for their scoreboard,” said Mark Foster, general manager of Mitsubishi Electric’s Diamond Vision Systems. “AT&T Park is one of the finest sports venues in the nation, and this high-definition display will make the fan experience even more memorable.”

Foster noted that this will be especially true at this year’s MLB All-Star Game, which the Giants will host at AT&T Park in July.

“Twenty-seven years ago Mitsubishi Electric introduced the first large-scale display at the All-Star Game in Los Angeles. This year we’re delivering the first All-Star Game in high definition.

Mitsubishi Electric pioneered the development of large-scale video displays in the US and abroad, starting in 1980 with Major League Baseball’s first Diamond Vision in Los Angeles. Since then, Mitsubishi Electric has been recognized as the leader in visually stunning displays for sports facilities, advertising, entertainment and communications. Recent record-setting installations include baseball’s largest high definition display at Turner Field in Atlanta; Times Square’s first HD display at MTV studios; traffic-stopping marquees at Bally’s and Caesars Palace in Las Vegas; a massive 11-screen display at Times Square in New York City; and the largest indoor HD screen in North America, the 34- x 110-foot screen at the Colosseum in Las Vegas. This past September, Mitsubishi Electric completed the installation of the world’s largest LED video display, a 37’ x 218’, 8,000-square foot LED board at Tokyo Race Course.

Headquartered in Warrendale, Pa., Diamond Vision Systems is a division of Mitsubishi Electric Power

Products, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation of Japan. For more information about Diamond Vision, visit http://www.diamond-vision.com or call 724-778-3185.

Diamond Vision is a trademark of Mitsubishi Electric, Inc.

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About the Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Vision™ Scoreboard at AT&T Park

Width:                               103 feet
        Height:                              31 feet, six inches
        Total LEDs:                       3,010,560
        Pixel-Pitch:                        20 mm physical, 10 mm visual
        Screen Area:                     3241 sq. ft
        Power Consumption:         271 kW                      
        Screen Weight:                  28 tons (56,420 pounds)
        Video Source:                   Four HDTV inputs (1080i format)
        Resolution:                        960 x 3,136 dot resolution
        Cost:                                 Approx. $3 million.

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